Delhi Metro Seeks Local Screen Doors
- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has invited Indian companies to help develop and supply platform screen doors locally for future Phase IV and V stations. (backend.delhimetrorail.com) - The tender was published on April 29, with bids opening May 29, and it covers both full-height and half-height door systems. (backend.delhimetrorail.com) - The push matters because Delhi now has 303 stations, but only a small share already uses these doors. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Platform screen doors are the glass barriers you see lining some metro platforms. They open only when a train stops in exactly the right place. That sounds like a(backend.delhimetrorail.com) hour. Delhi Metro has now decided it wants far more of them — and this time it wants the systems built in India, not mostly sourced from abroad. (backend.delhimetrorail.com) ### What changed this week? Delhi Metro Rail Corporation put out an Expression of Int(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)s started on April 29, 2026. Clarifications run through May 7, a pre-EOI meeting is set for May 12, submissions open May 21, and bids are scheduled to open May 29. (backend.delhimetrorail.com) ### What are these doors, exactly? They are barriers between passengers and the tracks. Full-height doors run from floor to ceiling and are common in und(backend.delhimetrorail.com)t still block accidental falls, crowd surges, and track intrusion, but cost less and are easier to fit in many elevated stations. Delhi Metro’s new local push covers both types. (backend.delhimetrorail.com) ### Why does Delhi Metro care so much now? Because the network is getting bigger and busier. DMRC said Delhi Metro handled a record 235.8 crore passenger journ(backend.delhimetrorail.com)e operating infrastructure. Screen doors reduce the chance of people or objects getting onto the tracks, and they help organize boarding in stations that already run hot at peak hours. (delhimetrorail.com) ### Where will these doors go? The immediate focus is the upcoming corridors in Phases IV and V. DMRC has decided to install platform screen doors at all stations on those (backend.delhimetrorail.com)rs for elevated ones. That means the policy is no longer limited to a few premium or especially sensitive stations. It is becoming standard equipment for expansion. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) ### Is Delhi starting from scratch? No — but coverage is still patchy. Of Delhi Metro’s 303(delhimetrorail.com)e full-height doors. The Airport Express Line already has full-screen doors at all seven stations, and Krishna Park Extension on the Magenta Line has them too. DMRC also retrofitted six Yellow Line stations, including Rajiv Chowk and Central Secretariat, which tells you where the crowd-pressure problem is most obvious. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)cy story. The Union housing and urban affairs ministry asked metro systems last year to procure platform screen doors with at least 75% manufacturing done in India, and DMRC’s move follows that direction. Basically, Delhi is using a big transit upgrade to create local supply capability in a system that had been sourced from multiple outside vendors. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)aling and platform systems, and keep working in one of the world’s most crowded urban rail environments. So this EOI is really about finding companies that can do the engineering and deployment work, not just fabricate panels and frames. (backend.delhimetrorail.com) ### Bottom line Delhi Metro is turning platform screen doors from a selective upgrade into a default feature of expansion. The big(timesofindia.indiatimes.com) template other Indian metro systems can copy. (backend.delhimetrorail.com)
